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Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

and Irish Gaelic masculine given name Garaidh () is of uncertain derivation but as a name occurs frequently in

Middle Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek (d ...

and

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writte ...

texts (in its Old Irish form ''Garaid''), for example in the 13th century Acallam na Senórach: ''Donn mac Aeda, mheic Garaid, meic Morna'' 'Donn son of Aodh, son of Garaidh, son of Morna'. Garaidh is commonly rendered in English as

Gary Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran *Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Unit ...

. Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, ''A Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press (1990) It is also commonly (esp. in Scotland) spelled Garry. However, the name Gary is of Germanic origin (from ''gar'' meaning 'spear'). Although visually similar, most occurrences of -gar(r)y in place-names are unrelated to the name. In place-names, -gar(r)y is usually derived from one of the following elements: *

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''gerði'', originally meaning ''enclosure'' but later on ''land around a dwelling, pasture'', e.g. ''Geàrraidh na h-Aibhne''

Garynahine Garynahine ( gd, Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. ...

Cox, Richard ''The Settlement Names of Lewis'' Clann Tuirc 2022 ISBN 978-0-9562490-3-6 * a hydronymic element (usually a river name) e.g. ''Gleann Garadh/Gharadh'' Glen Garry, ''Inbhir Gharadh/Garraidh'' Invergarry

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